To:V. M. MOLOTOV FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE R.C.P.(B.) C.C.

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      Moscow,Volume 45,

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ComradeMolotov:

Pleaseprolong my leave, according to the doctor’s
orders for a period up to two weeks (depending on the course
of
treatment).[1]

Ishall attend the C.C. Plenum on some questions, at
any
rate.[2]

Inaccordance with the Politbureau decision, I shall
give a short report at the Congress of
Soviets.[3]

[1]OnDecember 21, 1921, the Politbureau of the R.C.P.(B.) Central
Committee decided: “To take Comrade Lenin’s application into
consideration. To prolong his leave to two weeks” (Central Party
Archives of the Institute of Marxism-Leninism of the C.P.S.U.
Central Committee).

[2]Areference to the R.C.P.(B.) Central Committee Plenum of
December 18, 1921, which approved the agenda for the Ninth
All-Russia Congress of Soviets, and appointed Lenin as rapporteuron the first question—the report of the All-Russia C.E.C. and
the C.P.C. on domestic and foreign policy of the Republic.

[3]Areference to the following Politbureau of the R.C.P.(B.)
Central Committee decision of December 8, 1921: “To recognise as
necessary the maintenance of absolute quiet for Comrade Lenin
and to prohibit his secretariat from, sending him any papers
whatever, to enable Comrade Lenin to make a short (say, at least
30-minute) speech at the Congress of Soviets” (Central Party
Archives of the Institute of Marxism-Leninism of the C.P.S.U.
Central Committee).

TheNinth All-Russia Congress of Soviets was held from
December 23 to 28, 1921. Lenin gave the All-Russia C.E.C. and
C.P.C. report on December 23 (see present edition, Vol. 33, pp.
143–77).